Thread: Hawaii-Gas prices top $4 a gallon on Maui

Posted on: Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:06 PM HST

Gas prices top $4 a gallon on Maui
Wailuku is first area in the nation to pass $4 mark
Associated Press



WAILUKU >> -- The average price of regular gasoline on Maui island today reached a record $4 a gallon.

Wailuku is the first area in the nation tracked by AAA?s Daily Fuel Gauge Report to hit the $4 mark. In the remote coastal town of Hana, the price was around $4.55 a gallon.


Maui's average is up about half a cent from yesterday, 5.7 cents from a month ago and about 74 cents from a year ago.


The state's average stood at $3.674, about a penny shy of the record high set in September 2005. California led the nation with an average of $3.75.


Motorists in Honolulu paid an average of $3.583 while Hilo was at $3.664.


The national average price of gas climbed 1.4 cents overnight to a record just under $3.36 a gallon. The Energy Department believes the national average price could spike as high as $4 a gallon this summer.

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In Modesto, CA I paid $3.67 a gallon for regular yesterday and noticed diesel was $4.19.